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Colin Gowans Finlayson

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Navigator Colin Gowans Finlayson

October 18, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/13956

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

418 Sqdn.

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar

Additional Information

Son of Forbes Leopold Finlayson and of Elizabeth Susan Finlayson (nee Gair), of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 304 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY
Serbia

Grave Reference:

Joint Grave 6. D. 3.

Location:

BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY is in the Uliga Baju Sekulica, in the city's Fifth Region, and is on the edge of the New Yugoslav Cemetery (Novo Groblije).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Photo of Colin Finlayson– In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Colin Finlayson – In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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